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PLAINS ALL AMERICAN PIPELINE L.P., aka BAY SPRINGS

Administrative - Formal · FY2013 · — · Final Order No Penalty · 3400172133

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Case

Case Number
04-2013-5250
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Final Order No Penalty
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N

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Summary

2/9/13 - ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER UNDER 311(c) OF THE CWA ISSUED. THIS ORDER REQUIRES PERFORMANCE OF REMOVAL ACTIONS IN CONNECTION WITH A FACILITY LOCATED AT OR NEAR AIRPORT ROAD IN HIGHWAY 528 IN BAY SPRINGS, MS. THIS ORDER REUQIRES THE RESPONDENT TO IMMEDIATELY CONDUCT REOVAL OF A DISCHARGE OR TO MITIGATE OR PREVENT A SUBSTANTIAL THREAT OF A DISCHARGE OF OIL. ON FEB 5, 2013, AT 3:35 P.M., EASTERN TIME, RESPONDENT NOTIFIED THE NATIONAL RESPONSE CENTER OF AN EARLIER SPILL AT OR NEAR RESPONDENT'S PUMP STATION. RESPONDENT'S PIPELINE (AN 8-INCH PIPE) BEGAN DISCHARGING AT LEAST 16,000 GALLONS OF OIL INTO WETLANDS AND INTO AN UNNAMED TRIBUTARY OF PINEY BRANCH, A TRIBUTARY TO THE TALLAHOME CREEK AND/OR THE ADJOINING SHORELINE ACCORDING TO RESPONDENT. THE TALLAHOMA CREEK IS NAVAGABLE WATERS OF THE U.S.

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